Tape Belts, was: FTGH: FH disk drives (and one HH) - Toronto + Scotch DC 300XL tapes

[Jonathan Chapman]

The belts are more or less all failing at this point, even on the newer multi-gigabyte QICs. I finally had to stop extracting the good ones from newer tapes, boiling, and reusing because that was not reliable anymore. Seems everyone is using these nowadays:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08536J6Y5

Thanks,
Jonathan

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On Saturday, October 30th, 2021 at 22:30, Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

> Toby, will those 300XL tapes move the tape if you turn the capstan?  I
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> got my drive working but when I tried to see if the tapes would read,
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> the rubber band that moves the tape just shattered due to age.
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> Try turning the wheel with your finger and see if it moves the tape, if
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> it does i would like them.
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> Cheers,
>
> Nigel
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> On 2021-10-30 10:28 p.m., Toby Thain via cctalk wrote:
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> > On 2021-10-30 1:14 p.m., Toby Thain via cctalk wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Located in Toronto Canada, for shipping cost only:
> > >
> > > -   3 x Hitachi DK516-15
> > > -   2 x Computer Memories Inc (CMI) 6426-S
> > > -   Microscience HH-1060 (half height; marked bad)
> > > -   Tandon TM-502
> > >
> > > Unknown working condition, but have been stored well.
> > >
> > > First come, first served, etc.
> > >
> > > --Toby
> >
> > Also: 2 x Scotch DC 300XL tape cartridges, good condition.
> >
> > --Toby